| Found in Domesday 1086AD | |
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| Names found: | Seivetone (Kent) |
| Sevinentone (Wiltshire) | |
| Current translation for Sevington | ||||||||
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sev derived from scep – a sheep | |||||||
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ing derived from ænge – troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages) | |||||||
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ton derived from tun – a settlement on a hill | |||||||
| “Sheep troubled village settlement on a hill” | ||||||||
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| Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk | ||||||||